By squirreling away this scarce resource of cuteness in a game filled with goblins, Phyrexians, and even homarids, the stage was set for pure obsession. Hence the joke on Acornelia, Fashionable Filcher that gives you an acorn counter whenever “you cast a spell with a squirrel in its art.”Ĭould Magic have built a formula to make decades of players nutty for more? Of course not. 2, an expanding variety of creatures and enchantments would somehow make squirrels through the ages, but you’d hardly ever find a squirrel you could cast. That one-two punch of late 90s Magic set the squirrel vibe pretty clearly. You could see the Magical Christmasland outcome in your head, even if you never could quite pull it off. Whatever your definition of jank, Liege was it. This card was pure treasure for lovers of the first card to ever mention squirrels, the previous year’s Liege of the Hollows. It was also the first set to print tokens. I’m a proud owner of the very first squirrel permanent in Magic, Ron Spencer’s beautiful Squirrel token from Unglued, Magic’s first silver-bordered set with cards that weren’t legal to use in Constructed formats. Squirrels are cute but Un-cards make for some really weird Commander games, hence the ban. Still, if your Commander meta isn’t cool with this it’s hard to blame them. Maybe your Commander tables are different, but I think this has to be the tribe most exceptions are made for, especially if you’re avoiding the infinite combos. I’ve never played with anyone whose Rule 0 conversation didn’t allow someone’s squirrel tribal deck fitted out with Un-cards. In terms of the Un-sets, I’m going to talk about the cards with Commander in mind even though they’re not strictly Commander-legal. Every squirrel-related or squirrel-adjacent card will be discussed here, which means we’re including non-squirrel creatures that make squirrels as well as cards from silver-bordered Un-sets. I should note that this guide to squirrels in Magic is going to include two things that it normally wouldn’t. I mean, you kinda knew that, right? But chipmunks, weasels, ermines, and stoats aren’t official creature types, so take that smarty pants! turns out the squirrels started kicking and throwing sand on the pole for traction, a little at a time, until they could get up it.Chitterspitter | Illustration by Jason Felix She was surprised because there was nothing for them to leap from or anything and she’d watched them struggle up that grease pole only to slide down every time for days. It worked for a few days, but then she found them on there. She’d put a bird feeder on top of a 6 foot pole, right smack in the middle of the yard, and greased the whole darn thing. They’re fun to watch… and I throw stuff out so they’ll leave my garden alone.Ī lady at the store once told me something she tried to do. But as soon as she’s gone, within 10 minutes, they’re back to eating. I can sometimes stand at the door(or sit in my chair on the porch) if I’m quiet enough and just watch them go… at least til my blue heeler sees them and scatters them. Now, I just get a small bowl and chuck out some food for the squirrels and birds to forage for off my back porch. Oh man–I remember all the various ways me and my dad would try to foil the squirrels, but it never worked.
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